Democrats will probably end ethanol subsidies also. There goes their farm vote.
On Nov 2, 6:40�pm, "d.b.baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (Please read update about the San Francisco Chronicle neglecting to > mention Obama's willingness to bankrupt the coal industry at bottom of > this blog.) > > [Q] - Imagine if John McCain had whispered somewhere that he was > willing to bankrupt a major industry? Would this declaration not > immediately be front page news? Well, Barack Obama actually flat out > told the San Francisco Chronicle (SF Gate) that he was willing to see > the coal industry go bankrupt in a January 17, 2008 interview. The > result? Nothing. This audio interview has been hidden from the > public...until now. Here is the transcript of Obama's statement about > bankrupting the coal industry (emphasis mine): > > � � �Let me sort of describe my overall policy. > > � � What I've said is that we would put a cap and trade system in > place that is as aggressive, if not more aggressive, than anybody > else's out there. > > � � I was the first to call for a 100% auction on the cap and trade > system, which means that every unit of carbon or greenhouse gases > emitted would be charged to the polluter. That will create a market in > which whatever technologies are out there that are being presented, > whatever power plants that are being built, that they would have to > meet the rigors of that market and the ratcheted down caps that are > being placed, imposed every year. > > � � So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it's > just that it will bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a > huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted. > -http://media.newsbusters.org/stories/hidden-audio-obama-tells-sf-chro... > > Hear his words, and if you still believe you're worthless - vote for > Obama. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
